“Exercise is dangerous for pregnant women.” Disclaimer: always check in with a provider for specific guidelines and potential restrictions before following any generalized advice and promotion of lifting during pregnancy. Safety and health to both mother and baby are the most important when deciding whether or not to exercise during pregnancy. Outdated advice has been …
“Don’t eat carbs after dark.” You’ve probably heard this before, but is it true? Let’s dive in! The idea behind the statement above goes something like this. “If I eat carbs at night it will cause weight/fat gain or deter my weight/fat loss progress. Eating too close to my bedtime disallows me to use the …
Many fitness enthusiasts have fallen victim to the vicious cycle of more reps, more weight, more intensity, more volume, and more hours at the gym to gain a desired outcome of strength or body composition. When is it too much? How much are you really getting out of your second training session of the day? …
“Flexibility has been researched for over 100 years. It’s track record is unimpressive, particularly when viewed in light of other components of physical fitness. Flexibility lacks predictive and concurrent validity value with meaningful health and performance outcomes. Consequently, it should be retired as a major component of fitness.” (Nuzzo, 2020) What is classified as “stretching”? …
When searching for a premier nutrition and supplement company to equip the youth and adults athletes at Actualize, we decided only the best will do. We are stoked to be the only carrier of 1st Phorm products in Wenatchee! Actualize Sports & Fitness carries the premier protein line from 1st Phorm: * Level 1 – …
Actualize Sport & Fitness is your only source for Vuori clothing in North Central Washington. If you have not encountered Vuori at Nordstroms or online, you are missing out! “Vuori makes premium performance apparel inspired by the active Coastal California lifestyle; an integration of fitness, surf, sport, and art. Breaking down the boundaries of traditional …
A large percentage of the population have fallen victim to the belief that resistance training is dangerous. If you take time to read clinical studies, learn fundamental movement patterns and progressively overload those said movement patterns, lifting isn’t only safe, it provides numerous benefits. Unfortunately, common misconceptions have taken the form of uneducated myths and …
Congratulations to Max Yount, Actualize Sports Athlete of the Month! Max is a Junior in High School who participates in the Running Start program at Wenatchee Valley College where his scholastics have earned him recognition on the President’s List for a 4.0 GPA. For many years Max’s primary sport has been Tennis. Within the last …
Congratulations Presley Nelson–AKA “Lil Bench Press”–you are the Actualize Sports Athlete of the Month for March! Presley is the LIFE OF THE PARTY. And what a delight it has been to have her light up Actualize for the past 2 years. She has grown immensely in terms of strength and athleticism. And even better, Presley’s …
You Can’t Outwork Poor Nutrition! Nutrition is our focus in the third installment of the All Gas & No Breaks series (Part 1 & Part 2 ). In our experience pursuing health, fitness and nutrition as individuals and in encouraging and equipping Actualize clients, we (Blaine, Jenny & Cy – Co-Owners of Actualize) have found that …